I missed out on April’s Club Night so John took the reins. It was another well attended evening, with a large array of Triumphs on display. Three Stags, two of them wearing hard tops, and three stunning GT6, one of which is the first Mk3 off the production line, an unrestored car and completely gorgeous. John had the pleasure of presenting Jon Chartres with the Member of the Year trophy, awarded by the Council of Management (COM) nationally. Delighted to see that Jon’s huge input into the Club and Devon Area in particular is recognised nationally. Jon also arranged our Drive it Day event, which was fully booked. Meeting at the House of Marbles at Bovey Tracey, before we left, I was delighted to award the national Cudmore Trophy to the unsuspecting recipients, Peter Barker and Christa Percival. Their exploits in their 1960 Coupe this year have been published over two months in the Courier. The Cudmore Trophy is awarded by COM for the best use of a Triumph car. Jon had again organised a great drive through the Teign Valley and over the moors to Postbridge Village Hall. The Hall Committee once again provided the most delicious cream tea for us all. We started with 23 cars at Bovey Tracey, including friends from the Devon SOC, and ended up with even more at the venue, when we were joined by several from North Devon. We had everything from Christa’s 1960 Herald Coupe, to new member Dave’s TR7, with Heralds, Vitesses, GT6s, Spitfires, Stags, a lone Dolomite and Tim’s Burlington Arrow which as usual attracted a lot of attention. We saw a huge amount of classics out and about on a beautiful spring day. The benefits of Club membership were out in bounds when Bob’s Vitesse suffered a loss of power. Everyone rallied round and we shadowed him back towards Plymouth.
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Peter Barker & Christa Percival received the Cudmore Trophy
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